Examples of backhander in a Sentence
She hit a backhander into the net.
the customs official let us know that he might be prepared to look the other way if an appropriate backhander was slipped into his palm
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With the Knights on a power play and trailing 2-0, Pavel Dorofeyev drove the net and had his backhander stopped by Scott Wedgewood.
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Benson tied it a minute into the second, slipping in a short backhander from the left side.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Lyon stoned him on the first shot and then was able to recover and stop Mittelstadt’s backhander off the rebound.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
Anaheim ended Buffalo’s seven-game road winning streak when Tage Thompson couldn’t keep in the puck in the Ducks’ zone and Terry held on a 2-on-0 break to score on a backhander.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 25 May 2026
Benson tied it a minute into the second, slipping in a short backhander from the left side.
—ABC News, 16 May 2026
Lyon stoned him on the first shot and then was able to recover and stop Mittelstadt’s backhander off the rebound.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
Anaheim ended Buffalo’s seven-game road winning streak when Tage Thompson couldn’t keep in the puck in the Ducks’ zone and Terry held on a 2-on-0 break to score on a backhander.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Backhander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backhander. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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